Category Archives: Atari Pencils

Here’s the second pair of Atari pencils that 11-year-old Phil bought in 1986, and 35-year-old Phil is still hanging onto in 2010. Series 1: Centipede The cabinet art for Atari’s 1980 game, Centipede (as seen to the left), was some of the coolest artwork in the arcades at the time. Sadly, that trippy arthropod didn’t [...]

Here’s a slightly odd video game collectible that I haven’t seen get much coverage online—24-year-old Atari pencils! I first got these pencils when I was in sixth grade, all the way back in 1986. They may, however, actually be a couple years older than that. By 1986, the Atari era had been over for a [...]